Just like in his sound check (photo from that below), Rob Thomas played a bunch of songs off of his new solo album. The one exception today was a slow version of 3AM, probably the biggest hit of Matchbox 20's first album. During the middle of the song -- which was slowed down to funeral speed like the Unplugged version of Layla -- he started singing, "Some people call me the space cowboy. Some call me the gangster of love." The guy next to me said, "I didn't know he wrote that song." Word. This guy writes for everyone!
Only two disappointments: Santana did not come out on stage and join him for their giant hit Smooth and he didn't invite his Matchbox 20 bandmates to come out and share in the big Live8 spotlight. On the bright side, Matchbox 20 did perform at the original Live Aid twenty years ago, so it's not like they haven't had this chance before.
